Originally Posted by nutgrove

PART III

I should really be charging for this

Jobs in Spain found on the UK job centre & directgov website

Type in the box 'jobs in spain' (bloody thing times out)

http://jobseekers.direct.gov.uk/list...61833&p=1&so=1

Jobs in the UK found on the UK job centre website

Filter what you are looking for & key in your needs

http://www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk/Inte.../initialise.do

the minimum wage is just under £6.00/hr

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/nmw/

McDonalds is paying an adult approx £6.00/hr

http://www.mcdcareers.co.uk/html/faq.htm

Take home pay should you work 35hrs/wk would be about £170/wk

You could do better possibly even find a second job at minimum wage. The question is would this be enough to pay the bills &/or interfere with your UK social life

then there is

http://www.ukjobsnet.co.uk/

http://www.fish4.co.uk/jobs/

UK Jobseekers allowance is currently I believe about £60/wk

http://www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk/JCP/...15272.xml.html

Originally Posted by katu

If you have moved to Spain as an initial holiday I presume that you have not claimed to be non-resident for certain tax purposes? If this is the case is the UK aware that you have been living abroad? Have you deregistered from your doctors, dentist, closed your bank account??

Because you have not become resident in Spain there is every chance you have been considered resident in the UK for the last three years, unless you have told the authorities otherwise?

If this is the case you will be entitled to everything that every other UK resident is entitled to. Although you may need to have a reason for not working for three years.....spiritual reawakening perchance??

Originally Posted by katu

I have never lived or spent more than a long weekend in Spain, so I am not one to comment on the situation there. But the British do seem to have a certain arrogance with regards to local registration rules (I do not exempt myself from this comment), especially where another language and being within the EU are concerned. I wonder whether they/we harbour an Imperialist-harking confidence or a "deport me then" attitude??

Originally Posted by katu

Either way I do know that the UK government is seriously trying to crack down on the overseas benefits cheats, of which there are, reportedly, thousands.

Originally Posted by Jules Europe

Its all very well giving the OP links to jobs in Spain etc but unless he has a particular skill or ability in mind its largely pointless. Given the current economic climate here, unless somebody is a Spanish national or commands a very good level of Spanish they are just not very employable.

Another option is to find a UK employer here but anybody decent is hard to find.

The OP`s best bet is to go back to the UK and claim benefits until he gets a job opening there.

Originally Posted by nutgrove

We have yet to see a response back from RCullen (the OP) to the last several posts, so I would reserve judgement on whether he/she is capable or really willing to move back to the UK under the current circumstances which we are not privvy to

likely the varied responses so far (unless the OP is pi$$ed) have confussed the living daylights out of them

We can all post our POV's give what we see as the best option, but in the end when the shit hits the fan the OP has to put the pedal to the metal & make that decision to do something that is right for them

My guess so far is that he/she will stay put in Spain working under the table for chump change and living freeloading with parents

Originally Posted by nutgrove

has to put the pedal to the metal

Originally Posted by Jules Europe

This is quite a cool phrase.

Originally Posted by Jules Europe

I thought of the OP as a male but as this time of night I can often mistake their sex.

You know....freeloading from your parents is very much the norm in Spanish society, so somebody of 28 doing this here would not be frowned upon.

Originally Posted by Jules Europe

I thought of the OP as a male but as this time of night I can often mistake their sex.

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Originally Posted by nutgrove

surely you've heard that American slang before

http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...l+to+the+metal

waiting with baited breath for the OP to respond to all of the last dozen or so posts

he/she has been sussed yer think

Originally Posted by Jules Europe

I`m pretty good with American slang and actually prefer it to its English counterpart.

Originally Posted by nutgrove

are you a night owl Jules?

This is bad for me, I'm turning this into chat ... whatever next

Originally Posted by nutgrove

at times its an excuse for many a screw up & I for one fall victim

like a nite owl buenos noches